Lionshead Bridge/Retaining Walls/I-25 Safety Project

Construction began last December on the $2.86 million Lionshead skier bridge in Vail. It's scheduled for completion in November - just in time for the ski season.

Kraemer on Track to Finish Lionshead Bridge by Ski Season

Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. is set to complete the Lionshead Bridge Project in Vail by the start of the ski season, company officials said.

Construction on the $2.86 million project began last December and is scheduled for completion in November. The bridge is designed for use by hikers, bikers, skiers, snowboarders and Snowcat operators.

The three-span structure is 300 ft long and 42 ft wide. Its 75-ft end spans are cast in-place, post-tensioned arched fascia girders. The 150-ft center span is a structural steel under-deck arch over Gore Creek. Other features include a heavy stone veneer that covers the pier, abutments and wingwalls and a specialized railing system built to separate traffic across the bridge for different seasons.

Jalisco International Handling CDOT Project

The Colorado Department of Transportation has opened the new 20th Avenue on-ramp to southbound Interstate 25 and closed the 23rd Avenue on-ramp as part of a project that will construct new frontage and retaining walls along southbound I-25 between 17th and 23rd avenues.

The southbound I-25 to 19th Avenue ramps will close and the intersection of 17th Avenue and Bryant Street will be reconstructed. The project will also add a signal to the 23rd Avenue ramps and construct a 15-ft-wide pedestrian walkway from 23rd Avenue to 20th Avenue, which will be separated from the collector/distributor road by a pedestrian railing.

Jalisco International Inc. of Commerce City is the contractor for the $3.6 million project, expected to be finished in March 2005.

CDOT Constructing I-25 Safety Project

A safety improvement project - featuring innovative guardrails - is under way on a 40-mile stretch of Interstate 25 in northern Colorado.

Safety rails made of cable instead of steel will be installed on the median between Brighton and Fort Collins, a segment of highway that carries an average of 51,000 vehicles daily.

CDOT was able to move forward on the safety improvement project after Gov. Bill Owens allocated $60 million for transportation projects as part of federal funds the state received through the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

Asarand Constructors of Colorado Springs is the contractor for the $3.8 million project, expected to be complete in December.

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